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Syrian troops have been advancing in the eastern province of Deir el-Zour against IS under the cover of Russian airstrikes while the Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces are marching against the extremists under the cover of airstrikes by the USA -led coalition.

President Ram Nath Kovind on Sunday urged ordinary citizens to join the campaign to clean India as cleanliness "is not the responsibility only of sanitation personnel and government departments". The Samadhi Complex also got a new administrative block, built at a cost of about Rs 75 lakh, which is equipped with visitors room, publication unit, staff room and drinking water facility.

A sign that reads in spanish, Playita (neighborhood), need water and food, SOS, is seen Baldorioty de Castro highway, in San Juan, Puerto Rico , on Sept 30, 2017. "Please visit us, because we're going to give more and more thanks to all of you", she said. The fact that Puerto Rico is an island is no excuse for how his administration has failed to respond to the growing humanitarian crisis .

USA officials say Beijing appears increasingly willing to cut ties to North Korea's economy by adopting United Nations sanctions, after long accounting for some 90 percent of its neighbor's foreign trade. The US State Department later said that the DPRK has so far refused to negotiate about its nuclear program . "This is exactly the right course and a courageous step", German Foreign Minister Sigmar Gabriel said.

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is expected to be indicted today over charges of corruption in an Islamabad accountability court. However, they were unable to appear as they are still in London tending to their mother, who is undergoing cancer treatment.

A spokeswoman for University Medical Center, Danita Cohen, said the facility is tending to "several" people who suffered gunshot wounds. A country music festival called the Route 91 Harvest Festival was taking place in the vicinity. Police dispatchers are reporting multiple casualties inside and outside the complex as SWAT teams conduct a floor-by-floor sweep of the sprawling facility.